05/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - Eurozone and EU27 in recession in first quarter of 2013. The GDP of both the eurozone and the European Union as a whole fell by 0.2% and 0.1% in the first quarter of 2013, according to second estimates published by the EU's statistical office Eurostat on Wednesday 5 June. Compared with the first quarter of 2012, GDP fell by 1.1% in the eurozone and 0.7% in the EU27. The strongest growth was recorded in Lithuania (+1.3%), Latvia (+1.2%) and Hungary and Romania (both 0.7%) in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the previous quarter. The greatest falls were seen in Cyprus (down 1.3%), the Czech Republic (down 1.1%) and Estonia (down 1.0%). (MB.transl.fl)